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TechCentral: Looking for a Robust Database System?

"The little known open source relational database management
system FirebirdSQL is finally gaining momentum and recognition.
This database system sprang forth when Borland's (called Inprise
then) InterBase 6 sources were opened to the public in 2000.

"A report from the recent Evans Data Winter 2005 Database
Development Survey indicated that FirebirdSQL and MySQL are the
most popular open source databases currently in use..."